Why is the hare afraid? And what is the proud peacock so proud of?What does the sly fox do in the daytime and is the fast weasel fasterthan his friends? Who is that strong bear?!ese are the type of questions that inspired and pushed my creativeprocess forward in the work with my collection of illustrationsbased on swedish metaphors that relate to animals. !e collection isaimed at children between two and six years..

The collection of hazardous waste from the household around Swedish municipalities varies. 1% of the households waste is hazardous waste. It has hazardous features that can give bad consequences for the nature and human health if we don?t collect it and treat it. Therefore the law controls it, the municipalities have responsibility for the household waste.

AbstractDuring the last decade the public sector has been influenced by new ways of measuring performance and governing, taking inspiration from the private sector. The Swedish municipal community Vellinge has since 2004 adopted ?The Balanced Scorecard? by Kaplan & Norton, measuring not only the financial parts but also other, important factors. The adoption took place since the Swedish government applied new demands on county councils and municipal communities through ?God ekonomisk hushållning?.

This thesis deals with cross-country ski clothing for non-competitive women. Women in this category look for different clothing features in comfort and aesthetics than male top athletes, for whom cross-country skiwear today often seems to be designed. In this thesis the demands of these women have been mapped out by an interview with a reference group of users. The ergonomics of exercising in the winter outdoors are naturally a base for the collection. The collection consists of three functional layers of garments.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att utforma en teoretisk nyckeltalsmodell som är lämplig att använda i ett producentkooperativ och som är anpassade för företagets vision och styrelsens intressen. Detta utför vi med hjälp av en fallstudie då vi valt ett kvalitativt och abduktivt angreppssätt. För insamling av empiri har vi i vårt fallföretag utfört djupintervjuer. De teorier vi valt att arbeta med är; agentteorin, nyckeltal, Balanced Scorecard samt producentkooperativ. Resultatet av vår insamlade empiri och den teori vi valt att fokusera på har mynnat ut i att vi har konstruerat ett Balanced Scorecard anpassat till ett producentkooperativ vilket underlättar uppföljningen mellan ledning och styrelse..

Background: Balanced scorecard is a relatively new strategy in analysing activities in a company. To carry out a strategy in an organization a successful implementation is very important. Strategy implementations are unique for each organization and to succeed it has to be formulated and implemented with the individual companies particular conditions as starting- point. A problem is that the implementation sometimes is treated as a small detail in the planning process. This problem depends on how the strategic plans is carried out.

This study examines how a company adapts its operating control when the environmental circumstances are changing. This is a case study with a qualitative approach which is based on interviews. The main purpose is to examine how an accounting firm adjusts its operating control in order to meet the abolishment of the statutory auditing. Another purpose is to describe how the abolishment of the statutory auditing will influence or have influenced the choice of measures in the balanced scorecard. The question this study aims to examine is: How do audit firms adapt its operating control in order to meet changes in the environment? This question lead to a second question which the study also aims to examine and is How is the abolishment of the statutory auditing influencing the accounting firms goals, measures and focus in the balanced scorecard? The conclusion of this study shows that the abolishment of the statutory auditing has had an influence on the balanced scorecard.

This is an explorative study about subject indexing of a special collection of books, administered by the John Andrén Foundation at the library of Ystad. The study summarises a number of theoretical perspectives as well as some practical instructions on how to carry out the task. Theories have been placed into five different groups according to their various approaches to subject indexing. These have been analysed in regard to their usefulness to the Andrén collection. The authors have tested and evaluated six practical models on a selection of books from the Andrén collection.

Syfte: Beskriva ett exempel på användandet av Balanced Scorecard inom den svenska offentliga hälso- och sjukvården samt beskriva förändringar kopplat till modellen. Syftet är även att beskriva den organisatoriska trögheten kopplat till användandet av Balanced Scorecard. Metod: Ett övervägande deduktivt val av metod med ett deskriptivt syfte. Vald metod har varit kvalitativ. Slutsatser: BSC används som ett mätsystem på avdelningen i uppsatsen.

BackgroundThere are different organizational structures and control and it has been proved difficult to find a combination between these that leads to goal congruence and improved efficiency. An organization can be structured according to hierarchical levels and the decision making can be either centralized or decentralized. Organizational control can be classified according to the amount of rules and balanced scorecard can be used to weld together the structure with the control.PurposeThe purpose is to create an understanding of how two types of structures and control in an organization appears and also to investigate how these differ from one another concerning the balanced scorecard as a control system. We will also investigate how the variables goal congruence and efficiency are affected by the implementation of the balanced scorecard.MethodTo answer the purpose of this thesis we have mainly used the qualitative method since we have studied two organizations thoroughly through interviews on different levels of the organization. The study also has some quantitative elements since we wanted to get a more truthful picture of the organizations.

Bakgrund: En betydande styrka med styrverktyget Balanced Scorecard är själva metodiken. Medarbetarna bör vara delaktiga i framtagningsprocessen för att strategin ska kunna genomsyra hela verksamheten. Vissa praktiker menar att stora likheter finns mellan olika organisationers styrmåttsuppsättningar som används i Balanced Scorecard. Om så är fallet finns risken att organisationen anammat en standarduppsättning mått och att poängen med Balanced Scorecard som strategiskt verktyg faller därigenom. Syfte: Vårt syfte är att beskriva och analysera tendenser till likriktning vad gäller ickefinansiella styrmått i svenska tjänsteföretags Balanced Scorecard, samt vilka möjligheter som finns att utnyttja likriktningstendenserna.

Purpose: The aim of the study is to describe how Leanlink, as a part of the municipality ofLinköping, uses balanced control as a management model. The authors compare, based onliterature of the balanced scorecard, the way Leanlink control their activities. Further, theauthors try to understand why the administration chose to use balanced control in the waythey do.Methodology: The authors have chosen a qualitative case-study method to achieve thepurpose of the thesis. Through semi-structured interviews primary data have beencollected, that have been analyzed along with secondary data such as, business plans andwebsite.Theoretical perspectives: The authors shortly emphasize general government as it appearstoday, to further examined how and why the scorecard is used, its dimensions andobjectives and difficulties that may arise along the way.Empirical foundations: The empirical findings are based mainly on information frominterviews with representatives from the case company. Some information is taken fromthe municipally website and additional information through interviews.Conclusions: It is possible that it became a too big a commitment for Leanlink when theyselected the Balanced Scorecard as a management model.

Background: In our case study we have been studying a company that during the last seven years have tried to implement the control system Balanced Scorecard. They have during this period made three attempts. According to Kaplan and Norton, the creators of Balanced Scorecard, it should take about 16 weeks to implement a Balanced Scorecard. Purpose: Our purpose is to investigate which factors that influence the possibility to implement Balanced Scorecard. Method: We have conducted a case study where we have studied implementation at three levels in a company.

Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att finna hur och om BalancedScorecard kan fungera som alternativt styrningsverktyg för eninsamlings- och biståndsorganisation som Individuell Människohjälp. Dessutom syftar studien till att se om ettanvändande av Balanced Scorecard möjliggör enoperationalisering av deras insamlings- och kommunikationsavdelnings vision.Metod: Vi har utfört en kvalitativ fallstudie av Individuell Människohjälps insamlings- och kommunikationsavdelning. Data har främst samlats in genom personliga intervjuer ochdokumentundersökningar.Teoretiskt perspektiv: Vår teoretiska referensram består av prestationsmätning, Balanced Scorecard samt ett exempel på användande av Balanced Scorecard i en icke-vinstdrivande organisation.Empiri: Studien bygger på intervjuer med medarbetare på Individuell Människohjälp och på deras insamlings- och kommunikationsavdelning. Dessutom har dokument rörande verksamheten haft en stor roll. Sammanfattningsvis kan sägas att ett BSC kan vara en möjlig väg för en insamlings- och biståndsorganisation att mäta sin måluppfyllelse.

Syfte: Syftet är att skapa förståelse för hur offentliga sjukvårdsorganisationer har anpassat Balanced Scorecard med avseende på kund- och ekonomiperspektiv.Metod: Studien har genomförts utifrån en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Studien har inspireratsav ett hermeneutiskt synsätt. Data har samlats in från ett dussin intervjuer som sedan analyserats med hjälp av tidigare forskning.Resultat & slutsats: Balanced Scorecard är begränsad i sin utformning p.g.a. politikerna. Styrkortets ekonomiska perspektiv är lika viktig som de andra perspektiven men perspektivet är begränsat eftersom sjukvården inte kan påverka budget.